The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-08-31

lows all hands, or do
* you intend to tie these
" to my back and around
my shoulders? O, women are a nuis-
ance, anyhow!"
1t was Just like good-natured John
Reed to grumble and scold, and do
twice as much as was asked, and as
nobody ever minded him more than to
saw, "Now, Jack, you don't mean that, Z"
he went on his way, full of quirks and
oddities, and vet with q heart soft as a
gentle woman's.
He had three romping, laughing
school-g under his charge, and so
completely had they loaded him down
with luggage that he had grumbled and
fused ever since they had started,
much to the amusement of the young
ladies who were used to his ways.
At the last moment gentleman
called Mr.. Reed as de and asked if he
would be so kind as to take charge of
mis- sister, who was en- route for the
city to take position as teacher IN a
large school there. In response to the
introduction, miss Carlton, Mr. Reed, ="
she only bowed, and then turned for a
last goodby to her brother Jack
looked about him in dismay, frightened
at the idea of an addition to his load,
but could see nothing but gray shawl
snugly strapped, which she carried
easily. Her travelling costume was
meat and perfectly fitting, and there
was an air of It'd ness and composure
about her that just pleased Johns taste
exactly.
He was listening intently to what
Miss Carlton said, but when she ceas ed
turned to Eilie's side with some testing
remark about an entirely foreign sub
ject, and when the girls had chance
to teaze him about "this lady who had
no luggage for him to carry" he only
answered in his solemnly ludicrous
style, "Time will show. time will show.
After time the day grew hot and
the way dusty, and tired and worn
out, the girls lost their liveliness and
were content to lie back among the
cushions and sleepily let the time glide
away. Poor Jack, left to himself,
sought Miss Carlton, expecting to see
another faded flower" as he emphat-
Jically declared each of his charges to
he. On the contrary, she was wide
awake, fresh as when they left home,
no trace of WEAKNESS or fatigue on the
bright face that was lifted from the
book when he came to her. She was
one of those women that dust seems to
have no affinity for. "A tidy, neat
BODY" as the old folks call them, "who
always look as if just out of band
box" She quietly cleared away her
things from the adjoining seat and
they were soon chatting away as
though they had been friends for years,
instead of the chance acquaintance of
few hours Her voice was sweet and
clear, and her language was refined
and cultivated, and her manners were
so free from all affectation, that John
felt composure and a relief from en-
.barrassment in her presence that he
rarely enioyed when with other women.
The truth was he was in love; and the
girls, fully awake now that there was
something to interest them, we're not
long in understanding the case, and
now prepared to tease most heartily
the dear old fellow" who was as
bashful as schoolboy.
But at dusk the city was reached,
and after seeing his party safe at the
academy John went home to his board
unconscious of the greetings of old
friends. When alone there shone be-
fore him those clear hazel eyes, into
whose depths he had looked that day
for the first time, but that would ever
be remembered. A fair face framed
in nut brown hair, with q smooth
brow, and family tinted cheeks, made
a picture for his memory that
he sought to recall clearer aud
more wildly hour 10y hour. "A
woman who could take care OF
herself" had always been O boasted
prodigy that he had challenged his
girl friends to find, and now that he
had known this quiet. demure teacher,
he was still dissatisfied. Seeing that
che was self-reliant, he was anxious tC
teach her to lean upon him, and know
ing her ability to take her place among
the worlds workers, he longed to shell
ter her in his own home and toll FOL
her, that she might not labor. HI
'shrank from the thought of her being
alone, and, with great gush OF love
and sympathy, remembering his owl
solitary life, yearned to enfold her will
a tender affection that should know M
WEAKNESS.
But as the weeks heightened int
months, and the months rolled away
the distance seemed to lengthen he
tween them, and the girls who watches
with intense interest the wooing, use'
to laugh and tell him he did not know
how TO court lady"
"Just ask her, John, if she'll hav
YOU. That's the way OF you nee'